Uhf television tuner

Claim 1

A UHF TUNER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLIES; SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING INTERSECTING WALLS COMBINEDLY DEFINING A PLURALITY OF PREDETERMINED SHIELD COMPARTMENTS THAT ISOLATE CIRCUIT SECTIONS OF THE TUNER; SAID FIRST SUB-ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A TOP PLATE, EXTENDING IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND OVERLAPPING THE END REGIONS OF AT LEAST SOME OF SAID PREDETERMINED SHIELD COMPARTMENTS, TO FORM THE SHIELDED TOP WALLS THEREOF; SAID TOP PLATE RECEIVING ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT COMPONENTS MOUNTED THERETO, WHILE DISASSOCIATED FROM SAID SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLY, AND CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY OF SAID ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT COMPONENTS DURING THE MOUNTING AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF; SAID SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A U-BRACKET HAVING TWO SPACED PARTITION WALLS AND A REAR WALL THEREBETWEEN; SAID PARTITION WALLS PARALLEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID TOP PLATE, AND INTERSECTING SAID TOP PLATE TO DEFINE THE SHIELDED SIDE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ADJACENT ONES OF SAID SHIELD COMPARTMENTS; A MULTI-GANGED VARIABLE CONDENSER MEANS SUPPORTED ACROSS SAID PARTITION WALLS; SAID MULTI-GANGED VARIABLE CONDENSER MEANS HAVING FIRST MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE STATOR PLATES THEREOF, AND SECOND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE ROTOR PLATES THEREOF; SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID U-BRACKET FOR SUB-UNIT ASSEMBLY AND SUBSEQUENT INCORPORATION AS AN INTEGRAL UNIT INTO COOPERATIVE SEATING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST SUB-ASSEMBLY; SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS POSITIONING THEIR RESPECTIVE CONDENSER PLATE FOR LOCATION WITHIN RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID ADJACENT SHIELD COMPARTMENTS UPON THE INTERENGAGEMENT OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLIES; MEANS FOR COOPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID ASSEMBLED FIRST AND SECOND SUB-ASSEMBLIES TO FORM SAID PREDETERMINED SHIELD COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING SAID ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT COMPONENTS AND RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID MULTI-GANGED VARIABLE CONDENSER MEANS.